Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-07-15


bal. For this reason the sue
cessful teacher selects stories to guide the
pupil in reading, and there Is need of
close scrutiny IN this selection, Books
which are pure on the surface but which
pander to the lower tastes are source of
much evil from the difficulty with which
they are discovered. BY many parents
and not few teachers the public library
is considered safe place for boys and
girls but close observation proves the con
trary. A mind cannot remain pure that
Is in constant contact with impure
thoughts contained in books. How can
this be remeded 1t is one of the hardest
tasks we have to do. The hearty cooper
alton of parents with teachers will make
the work of the latter much easier. The
teacher should fila pupils library card
with the numbers of good books, for there
books than by substituting good
ones. Mr.. Sawin then named a
number of books in the several
departments which pupils would willing
ly read if their attention were called to
them and which would act rs a wedge for
higher and deeper reading. Cultivate the
child's imagination by giving him the
flowers of language. Direct your pupils
to a purpose in their reading. Determine
the bent of the child and if worthy
encourage him in that line. Get
the boys and girls to reading
good books. In our hands lies the remedy
that may cure in part ut least the evils we
deplore.
Mr. Sawin was thoroughly in earnest in
his presentation of the subject and his
most excellent ideas met with the hearty
approval of every right minded teacher
present
Messrs. b. &. Northrop OF Rhode Island
and w. a. Mowry of Boston each made a
few remarks pertinent to the subject and
on motion of the latter gentleman the
board of directors were instructed to con
slider the ACCESSIBILITY of printing Mr..
Sawin's able address in pamphlet form
for general distribution.
The committee on nominations reported
the following list which was unanimously
adopted.
PRESIDENT Milton Hall, Rhode Island.
Secretary-Ray Greene Huling, Massa-
chusettS.
Assistant neutrality-suspicious. ID Small,
Massachusetts.
Treasurer-James w Webster, Massa-
chusetts..
Assistant Henry White
more, Massachusetts,.
Vice Presidents-Maine, w J Corthell,
G B Files, Jere NJ Hill. Mary f Hughes,
j H Hanson, r + Gould, l. Z Jordan, f. p
sampson, Thomas fash, X Woodbury..
4,
Claiming Folsom, Amos Hadley, + r
Goodwin, J Kelsey, C c Rounds, w A
Robinson
Vermont-M H Buckham, Burlington ;
Edward Conant, CastletOn; Justus Dartt,
Springfield o Conant, st Adams j NJ
Hit, Mortified; S w Landon, Burling-
ton; H NJ Willard, Saxton's River; j De
Bore, Montpelier; A H Campbell, John
son.
Massachusetts-Ge l Aldrich, Z w
Bickne)l, Sarah j Baker, j f Blackinton,
Larkn Dunton, j w Dickinson, H c
Harden, A d Mayo, Samuel w Mason,
Hiram circuit, James A Page, W f Shell
Boyden, C Goodwin Clarke, l n Carleton,
+ H Davis, w f Eaton, Alice + Freeman,
Arthur l. Goodrich, L j Goodwin, G I
Fletcher, H I Fuller, j Greenough,
Ellen Hyde, w 7 Harris, H f Harring-
ton, f A Hubbard d b Hagar, d w
Charles ? Rugg, Elbrldge Smith, j 6
Norris, Thomas Emerson, c f King.
Rhode Island-Sarah + Doyle, Albert
Hardness, d w Hoyt, f II Howard. Mer-
rick Lyon; I J Morgan, l. H Meader,
Joseph f Mowry. w 7 Peck, 6 f Church,
H Tarbell, w f Wilson, G A Littlefeld,
A Z Pease, j NJ Nye, w n Ackley.
Connecticut-Henry Barnard, f f Bar
rows, J A Graves, C ID Hine, w Twitch-
ell, \ l. Bishop, 5 7 button, j ID BARLEY,
G f Carroll, l. L Camp, ID \ Camp, H NJ
Harrington, b q Northrop, Charles
Northend.
A w Edison, Jersey City, n j !; H p
ing, Pa; John Eaton, Marietta, Ohio; w
Montgomery, Washington, ID c.
Councillors w Patterson, New
Hampshire; H b Sprague, California !;
al -
Daniel, j q Edgerley, f A Hin, John
kneeland, W A Lambert, w A Mowry, A
= Marble, b f Tweed, q a Walton, a 4
Winship, Massachusetts y j Manches-
ter, Rhode Island.
President Hall briefly returned thanks
for the honor conferred upon him and for
the renewed confidence which it indicated
and the morning session closed.
EVENING SESSION.
The opera house orchestra gave another
fine concert from $50 till s, the house be-
ing filled. Following this was an address
by Rev O. p. Clifford of Boston, his sub
ject being Making the Most of Life" 1t
was a fresh ana timely presentation of the
duties we owe to ourselves and to our fell
low citizens.
REV. DIR. GIFFoED's Address.
Wallock of England once asked the
question: as life worth llvlng?" An
American wttily replied, That depends
upon the liver" 1t depends upon the
liver and the environment or the man and
his surroundings and their relations each
to the other. Three questions face is
when we begin to think. Whence came
|? What am ? Whittier COL? The
verb of life is written in three tenses-past
present future. Education is but we'll
digger, the crystal spring lay hid in the
heart of the hill, education leads it out,
the stream of life will flow on like Ten
| nryson's brook, forever flashing in the
| light of eternity, because it hath been
eternally past Buddhism teachers that
| the original mouad, after being created
incarnates itself successfully in vegetable
animal and man, forming an eternity
| that is to be determined by the
light of the characters we form in our
separate incarnations. The Old Tesla
ment teaches us that man is created in
the image and likeness of God, thus put
ting the appearance of man as a created
being at a very definite point Science
atirms that man is the last and highest
evolution in the struggle of the ages
because he is the last and best, so he will
ha ha Il |,